Thanks to Levi Cowan for the tweet regarding Hurricane Gordon, “that area between New Orleans and Mobile needs to prepare now for the worst…” For future reference, that area has a name…Mississippi.
A couple of our most notable weather events include the landfalls of the wicked sisters, Camille and Katrina.

I noticed that the latest recon showed a 10F spike in Eye Temperature compared to outside the eyewall. It was only a 2F spike earlier today. Is there any plots available relating central Eye Temperature spikes, surface pressure and maximum wind speed anywhere. There should be a plot somewhere, but I couldn’t find anything on internet.

PS Thanks for your great presentations! I used to fly around in Typhoons as a Met in training in the Pacific 49 years ago. Wish we had you back then!

As usual, your hurricane/tropical storm reports are much better than the doomsday people over at the weather channel! The fact that this storm is moving at 15 miles an hour, it will be in and out like a Times Square pickpocket. Doesn’t seem to be anything that could slow it down and cause more than just a few inches of rain, which is what can cause the most damage generally speaking from these hurricanes/tropical storms.

Steering winds are forecast to slow way down AFTER Gordon makes landfall. That’s what will cause the real problems, not whatever happens before then. Plenty of sources are already predicting a foot of rain and I think it will be more than that. I wish I could bet money on that outcome, but predictit.com pretty much only runs political markets. Otherwise, I would.